“Will you take me as I am? Strung out on another man...California, I'm comin' home.”

“Just before our love got lost you said"I am as constant as a northern star"And I said, constantly in the darkness,Where's that at?If you want me I'll be in the bar.”

“There's a man who's been out sailingIn a decade full of dreamsAnd he takes her to a schoonerAnd he treats her like a queenBearing beads from CaliforniaWith their amber stones and greenHe has called her from the harborHe has kissed her with his freedomHe has heard her off to starboardIn the breaking and the breathingOf the water weedsWhile she was busy being free”

“I never loved a man as far as I could pitch my shoe.”

“Chase away the demons, and they will take the angels with them.”

“I could drink a case of you, darlin'...and I would still be on my feet, yes I would still be on my feet...”

“If you're smart or rich or luckyMaybe you'll beat the laws of manBut the inner laws of spiritAnd the outer laws of natureNo man can”